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Freddie Hubbard

Backlash

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Atlantic SD 1477

LP Black $39
  • 180 gram LP w/ Standard Sleeve
  • Recording: 1967 by Tom Dowd, Phil Jehle and Adrian Barber

Description

After his great success as a new discovery through playing on tour and in the studio with Art Blakey’s creative and inspirational group, the Jazz Messengers, Freddie Hubbard made a dozen LPs over 16 years for Blue Note and Impulse under his own direction.

It was no wonder then that a big record company made him a lucrative offer in autumn 1966. All in all, Atlantic Records released six LPs and the very first, entitled “Backlash”, is still until today the best of the bunch.

Three numbers by Freddie Hubbard, one by Bob Cunningham, and two by friends, provide the basis for a successful transition between hard bop and soul beat. Hubbard made high demands on his fellow musicians James Spaulding, Albert Dailey and especially the bass player Bob Cunningham and the drummer Ray Appleton because they had to cope with the ever-changing beat. Right from...

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Backlash
  • 2 The Return of the Prodical Son
  • 3 Little Sunflower
  • 4 On The Que-Tee
  • 5 Up Jumped Spring
  • 6 Echoes of Blue